کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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261549 | 503833 | 2013 | 23 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
While biological phenomena can serve as meaningful analogies to inspire innovative design, previous studies found that designers often use descriptions of biological phenomena in non-analogous ways. Two experiments were conducted with novice designers to investigate how to decrease the non-analogous use of biological phenomena in concept generation. Properly applied, a causal relation template, developed based on Gentner's framework of analogical reasoning, decreased participants' non-analogous concepts. We identified two further interventions that reduce the tendency to develop non-analogous concepts: (1) one-to-one mapping instructions and (2) mapping the source analog to multiple problem-independent scenarios before concept generation. Understanding and reducing non-analogous application of biological phenomena may enable designers to more fully take advantage of biomimetic, or biologically inspired, design.
► A causal relation template was developed to identify biological analogies from text.
► Used correctly, the template helped novice designers develop analogous concepts.
► One-to-one mapping instructions for the template reduced non-analogous concepts.
► Problem-independent scenario mapping also reduced non-analogous concepts.
Journal: Design Studies - Volume 34, Issue 6, November 2013, Pages 706–728